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Parabellum wrote: ↑2020-04-22 06:45, Wednesday

I am a big metal fan. But unfortunately I have to admit that I don't know the participating musicians / bands. MOONSPELL is the only band from Portugal that I know and have seen in several concerts .[/quote]
They are Portuguese by birth, but, for practical purposes they seem much more a German band to me. I mean, MOONSPELL.

About the Portuguese metal scene, being an almost completely unknown world to me, I launched a search and found reference to a documentary.
Here's a link to a 15 minute excerpt (think its about 1 + 1/2 h for the complete / commercial version).
No music in the excerpt, its composed of musician testimonies, but they're identified by their participation in bands/projects, so you may dig for info/music if you can find the time.
English subtitles are available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrLLMfNV2hc

@ Bombast
Thank you so much! I will look at it when the opportunity arises.
There is also a well-known website - an encyclopedia of every kind of metal music - on which bands can be sorted according to their country of origin. There are more than 1370 entries for Portugal. However, I suspect that most bands have only local meaning. There are also some bands from Setúbal listed.
https://www.metal-archives.com/lists/PT

I even found another band in the list that I know but didn't remember that they came from Portugal: HEAVENWOOD - "Morning Glory Clouds ( In Manus Tuas Domine )

Speahing of metal, this is my friend Steve's band - Old Witch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGSL55ZuZZ0

(I showcased earlier here his other project, Proof of Ghosts, which is very different.)

Radoye wrote: ↑2020-04-30 11:54, Thursday Speahing of metal, this is my friend Steve's band - Old Witch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGSL55ZuZZ0

(I showcased earlier here his other project, Proof of Ghosts, which is very different.)

I found the "one man band". Kind regards to Stephen H
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ol ... 3540364388
The sound is very well described under the YOUTUBE video:
"OLD WITCH is crushing and atmospheric doom metal shrouded by a dark veil of early 90s black metal feeling.
The music of dead oak forests, the sound of chilling ghostly nights,
Canadian OLD WITCH makes sublime ethereal art, but bringing the massive sound, making them a strange beast in the current underground."
This music was very popular in Europe in the early 90s, especially in Norway.
For me personally the sound was too thin, no bass. I couldn't make friends with it. I liked only a few exceptions: DIMMU BORGIR - For All Tid (Full Album 1995)
Later the music developed and became more orchestral and bombastic. Black metal fans of the first hour hate this development and scream betrayal, but that's exactly this music what I like: Dimmu Borgir & Orchestra Live at Wacken Open Air 2012 Full Show

For the most part (*) i couldn't get warm with Black/Death/Thrash Metal - often times kinda scary how serious (? no, not "serious", but for a lack of a more fitting word) the bands and fans are. Anyway, since we are at metal...


Manowar
Metal Warriors
The Gods made Heavy Metal

Angra
Carry on
Mystery Machine

(*) Equilibrium is one of the few exceptions
Renegades
Rise Again (live cut from 2016 tours)

mythos wrote: ↑2020-04-30 23:18, Thursday For the most part (*) i couldn't get warm with Black/Death/Thrash Metal

Bands that i remember listening to back in the day:

Children of Bodom - Deadnight Warrior
In Flames - Bullet Ride
Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots
Anthrax - What Doesn’t Die

There was probably some Dimmu Borgir, Finntroll, Cradle of Filth, Testament, Kreator, Slayer and Soulfly (and several i forgot) mixed in - but the above are/were the bands i listened to the most.
Out of those, In Flames and Anthrax (and the mentioned Equilibrium) are sometimes still played

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KFVVKFxr60

EDIT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNvCyLm_bI

The Blanks - Hey Ya!
R.I.P. Sam Lloyd (November 12, 1963 – April 30, 2020)

RIP Dave Greenfield - https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52537293

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GUjA67mdc

Metallica: Blackened 2020
Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991) [old VHS Tape ]

....computer crashed.... new motherboard etc... hooray it works, i'm back & haven't forgotten my password

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6w2eTk ... rt_radio=1

de Mont Tonnerre wrote: ↑2020-05-05 17:55, Tuesday ....computer crashed.... new motherboard etc... hooray it works, i'm back & haven't forgotten my password

, nice to see you again.

I just remembered a band I loved to hear in the early 90s. Believed that they disbanded in 2001, but they are still active.
Skyclad - A Room Next Door 1992
Skyclad - Words Fail Me 2017

Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Kraftwerk - Ralf und Florian
R.I.P. Florian Schneider (April 7, 1947 - April 30, 2020)

Parabellum wrote: ↑2020-05-07 06:19, Thursday Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Kraftwerk - Ralf und Florian
R.I.P. Florian Schneider (April 7, 1947 - April 30, 2020)

There shouldn't be much dispute that "Radioaktivität" stands as "Kraftwerk" 's most iconic theme/album.
(It was right from its debut, and, sadly, it gained a new relevance and meaning after Tchernobyl)
That said, its a lost battle, for those that have listened to their discography, selecting just one example to summarize the whole thing.
But you've already threw in a pair of albums (including one my most favourites, "Kometenmelodie".
I'll just add, also from the days before radio activity, "Klingklang", a long one featuring Florian's flute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXnjC3w6v60

Too many good people passed recently. An entire generation of jazz and blues old timers has been all but wiped out.

We discussed Steve H here not long ago - this just came out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3JFu9hStxk

RIP Little Richard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Ujb6lJ_mM

earlier, when I was young ...
Blackfoot Sue - Standing In The Road (1972)
Medicine Head - Rising Sun (1973)
Mott The Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (1974)
Sweet - Hell Raiser (1973)
Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (1973)
Slade - Coz I Luv You (1971)
Cozy Powell - Dance with the Devil (1973)
Deep Purple - Hard Lovin' Man (1970)
Uriah Heep - The Park (1971)

Another blast from the past which fits into:
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Live in Europe (compilation from the '71 tour)

Radoye wrote: ↑2020-05-07 17:11, Thursday Too many good people passed recently. An entire generation of jazz and blues old timers has been all but wiped out.

Speaking of blues here's something with my brother on (the solo guitar), backing the outstanding Guilande.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khOPFmg ... RYyU-Z15M1

Sad, but true - and a great song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm__TU4 ... EF3DBB40A8

great something-like-blues

de Mont Tonnerre wrote: ↑2020-05-20 18:20, Wednesday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm__TU4 ... EF3DBB40A8

great something-like-blues

Older stuff: Beck-Ola - Blues de Luxe (by Jeff Beck / Rod Stewart)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Fm-7N694o

The other great monster of the blues rock (with maybe his less known project): Blind Faith - Sleeping on the Ground (by Sam Myers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKmAkwltvmc

And now for something completely different: Cowboy Junkies - I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive (by John Lee Hooker)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FkzEPnr25w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypAMEmnHX5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WdGBt_81-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQtO6R4qkg0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvyX1EEzVeo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0gBhGIiS2M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3ZNidzWLIQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XKtUFHwAMc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnoh9ieiDUM

Mory Kanté - 1950 - 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dFm-jOWv8M

Jimmy Cobb - 1929 - 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I13N_i6eR5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiHp7TSgjIY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYl-PCuFjoI

A monography about another kind of weird:

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E3znZoFnN8
Its ex-libris: Perpetuum Mobile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFWxssvTrOI
A sort of personal favourite: Bean Fields

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM7SRw3dHwI
One of PCOs weirdest achievements: Telephone and Rubber Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa4S1_v-YJ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3A8uNG3GH4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeG5Pl-5e1Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01zIS6oYqec

ALESTORM - Pirate Metal Drinking Crew

Nice
This makes me remember a Polish jazz ensemble:

Jan Garbarek Group - Live at MaiJazz 2013

Some songs by Spanish bands, most of them really old:

Fito y Fitipaldis- Me acordé de ti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQQPRv08H4w

Héroes del Silencio - Malas intenciones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWuDjtu8D3s

Radio Futura - Han caído los dos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk0njJTT7Q8

Loquillo y Trogloditas - El rompeolas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKkGXPtZiyc

Leño - Maneras de vivir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZK5zNkFgXc

Barón Rojo - Resistiré: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTH3WS_zBGg

Los Suaves - Dolores se llamaba Lola: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d37ivgjC27Y

Obús - Va a estallar el obús: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FfBJrGP-Ug

Barricada - Problemas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbERnO4K0PI

Def con Dos - El día de la bestia (OST of the film with the same name): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=essAq0kEq10

Urica,

an interesting cross-section of Spanish music. After all, I know two bands.
Barón Rojo was played in East German radio broadcasts in the early 80s. Back then there were special programs dealing with hard rock. Unfortunately, I can't remember any of your titles - it was almost forty years ago.
Héroes del Silencio are known in Germany. It is also the time of MTV and the new medium of music video. For me it was the best and probably the best known title from them: Entre dos tierras

And there is another Spanish band that I know: Mägo de Oz

Parabellum wrote: Urica,

an interesting cross-section of Spanish music. After all, I know two bands.
Barón Rojo was played in East German radio broadcasts in the early 80s. Back then there were special programs dealing with hard rock. Unfortunately, I can't remember any of your titles - it was almost forty years ago.

Barón Rojo had a lot of hits in the 80s. It was one of the first Spanish metal bands and, along with Obús, the most successful. There were others, like Leño, Los Suaves or Medina Azahara, but Barón Rojo was always number one. These were some of their fisrs hits:

Hijos de Caín
Casi me mato
Los rockeros van al infierno (Metallica did a cover in one of their concerts in Madrid. Not a very good cover, but still a nice gift to the public)
Cuerdas de acero

Parabellum wrote:Héroes del Silencio are known in Germany. It is also the time of MTV and the new medium of music video. For me it was the best and probably the best known title from them: Entre dos tierras

HS is my favourite Spanish band. Probably because I was a teenager during their golden years, and it was impossible not listening to them when I went out with friends. Sadly, my wife hates them with a passion, so I don't replay their old songs very often. If I had to choose a couple of their songs, they'd probably be Flor venenosa or La sirena varada.

Parabellum wrote:And there is another Spanish band that I know: Mägo de Oz

It's true, I had forgotten about them! My cousins loved that band. I must confess that I was never a big fan of Mägo de Oz. I thought that they were too similar to Ñu, another ancient band, and I chose to listen to those ones instead. I can't explain why.

Ñu - Más duro que nunca.

In Memory Of Quorthon
Thomas Börje Forsberg
February 1966 – June 2004

thanks Urica, i liked several of those



Picking up an earlier post...

Parabellum wrote: ↑2020-05-30 09:38, Saturday Me and That Man - Męstwo

...i watched it again and suddenly had to think about some "dark country" music:
Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers - This Life (Sons of Anarchy main theme)
Blues Saraceno - Dogs of War
Artist compilation: Blues Saraceno, Extreme Music, Cut One, Nick Nolan, Danny Farrant & Paul Rawson

Paul William "Tonka" Chapman (9 June 1954 – 9 June 2020)

UFO performing "Doctor Doctor" on Top Of The Pops with guitarist Paul Chapman

Stephen Norman „Steve“ Priest (* 23. Februar 1948 ; † 4. Juni 2020)

... was the bassist of the glam rock band The Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz

A few days ago there was a nice documentary about the Texans from ZZ Top on ARTE-TV. A very remarkable band history - over 50 years in unchanged line-up (world record). They celebrated their golden wedding in 2019 . The documentation is still available on the ARTE-TV homepage until 09/09/2020: ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas

And here is a full concert from 2007: ZZ Top - Live from Texas

Surgical Meth Machine is an project by Al Jourgensen (MINISTRY)

Gates of Steel - DEVO COVER
I'm Invisible
I'm Invisible (DJ SWAMP REMIX)
I Don't Wanna (feat. Jello Biafra)
Rich People Problems

Parabellum wrote: ↑2020-06-16 08:28, Tuesday A few days ago there was a nice documentary about the Texans from ZZ Top on ARTE-TV. A very remarkable band history - over 50 years in unchanged line-up (world record). They celebrated their golden wedding in 2019 . The documentation is still available on the ARTE-TV homepage until 09/09/2020: ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas

And here is a full concert from 2007: ZZ Top - Live from Texas

Great stuff


Alrighty, since we're back to electronics, how about some sins from my youth

t.A.T.u. - All the things she said
t.A.T.u. - Not gonna get us
ASP - Sing child
Blutengel - Children Of The Night (Live at Wasserschloss Klaffenbach)
Covenant - Call the ships to port
VNV Nation - My beloved
Apoptygma Berzerk - Kathy's Song (VNV Nation Remix)

Mythos
Wasserschloss Klaffenbach - Nice place, is almost on my doorstep and we visit it occasionally by bike. Well suited for concerts from the Gothic / Medieval period. Heard Apocalyptica and In Extremo here.

Apoptygma Berzerk - I lost my way to a concert at the Auensee / Leipzig house about 20 years ago. There they were headlining. But I was there for the support bands because I knew them .

ASP and VNV Nation are occasionally guests at the Darkstorm Festival in Chemnitz
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Storm_Festival
https://www.darkstorm-festival.de/
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THE 69 EYES - Change
Covenant - Nexus Polaris (Full Album 1998)

Hi Para

Although i visited some bigger events, i generally don't like to go out on concerts: too many people
Especially during the past 15 years i rather went to smaller events (like the small concert hall "MUK" in my town with 1.000-3.000 visitors max) and private parties where i know the people already for many years.

Parties are also where i still get in touch (can you touch sounds ) with Dark Wave - otherwise i'm usually more into Metal and Rock

Parabellum wrote: ↑2020-06-22 09:33, Monday THE 69 EYES - Change

Great singing voice
Reminds me a little of Type O Negative and...
Deine Lakaien - April Skies (Full Album)

some nice from africa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7I2ijDyZ2Y

real great voice

...look in her eyes and not at her ******.....